2 dead in Oakland after early morning head-on collision on I-880

Updated 4:14 pm, Saturday, September 30, 2017

Two women died early Saturday in a head-on collision on Interstate 880 in Oakland, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Two women died early Saturday in a head-on collision on Interstate 880 in Oakland, according to the California Highway Patrol.

2 dead in Oakland after early morning head-on collision on I-880

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Two young women who died early Saturday after authorities say one of them drove the wrong way on Interstate 880 in Oakland and collided head-on with another car have been identified as East Bay residents.

Jennifer Huezo Ruiz, a 23-year-old San Leandro resident, and Joel Hutchinson, a 26-year-old Oakland resident, died in the collision, according to the Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau.

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At about 4:15 a.m., witnesses reported that a wrong-way driver with vehicle lights off was traveling north on I-880, just south of Interstate 980.

About five minutes later, calls came in about a collision between a gray Honda Civic and a black Nissan Maxima south of the Broadway exit, said Officer Matthew Hamer, a CHP spokesman.

Both cars were driven by the women. They were pronounced dead at the scene, Hamer said. Officers could not immediately determine which car was going the wrong way because of the wreckage at the scene, he said.